24 year old, 6'1", 180 lb challenger Dempsey vs 37 year old, 6'6½", 245 lb Heavyweight Champion Willard. July 4th, 1919, Toledo, Ohio. Round 1. Worst beating a champion ever took. Injuries: caved-in cheekbone, broken jaw, teeth knocked out, broken nose, broken ribs, lost hearing in 1 ear, eyes swollen shut, multiple contusions, cuts, and abrasions. Dempsey had scored 42 KO's prior to stopping Big Jess. Some feared for Dempsey's life as one of Willard's previous opponents, Bull Young, had ...